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This document was created by an unregistered ChmMagic, please go to http://www.bisenter.com to register it. Thanks.Settings on the Tool Options bar allow you to select everything in the picture that matches the selected color or select only pixels thattouch each other. If, for example, you have a picture with several yellow flowers and your Tolerance setting is high, you'll select as muchand as many of the flowers as fits the tolerance. If you check Contiguous in the Tools Options bar, you'll select only the parts of theflower you click on that are within the tolerance and have pixels that touch each other. In Figure 3.7, I've set the tolerance to 32, andclicked once on each screen. The screen on the right had Contiguous selected. The one on the left did not.Figure 3.7. Selecting noncontiguous pixels can save you a lot of time.The Magic Wand is best used for selecting objects that are primarily one color, such as the flower. It's ideal when you need to select thesky in a landscape. In a few minutes, you'll see exactly how to do this, but first, there are some other selection tricks to learn.